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Khalleb
Canada1909 Posts
On March 30 2012 13:46 FXOBoSs wrote: It 'potentially' would mean an end to foreigners in korea as well. Which none of us want of course. what happen to the korean player on foreigner team? | ||
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CableSCES
United States367 Posts
GOOD Deal! I hope foreign teams consider joining this as well. | ||
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StarStruck
25339 Posts
On March 30 2012 14:28 Khalleb wrote: what happen to the korean player on foreigner team? It's okay man. Too few people understand what KeSPA is and how they operate. I can understand why they feel threatened. In fact, I even warned BoSs in the past to not take them lightly, lol. | ||
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RIPJAWS
Canada26 Posts
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Dingobloo
Australia1903 Posts
This will be pretty important, I'm glad this organization is coming into this with the best possible intentions with the freedom of the players to participate in 2 tournaments in mind rather than just self preservation. | ||
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rasers
Sweden691 Posts
On March 30 2012 14:07 Condor Hero wrote: Kespa isn't all bad. Besides player treatment, everything else they have done has been good. And player treatment isn't necessarily a Kespa thing, it's more that the competition in BW is so cutthroat. Of course I would like more than one organization because monopoly is never the best thing for fans. Now please tell me how they treat their players bad? if u say its because of the pp thing blablab i wouldnt say they treat the players bad but rather have harsh rules for the official matches. Kespa didnt destroy the GomTV BW League. there was just no place for it in BW. | ||
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fire_brand
Canada1123 Posts
Slayers has enough support that I think they be able to survive despite Kespa coming into the scene, or potentially could join Kespa. They've always done they're own thing because they are the most financially stable and, likely, most popular team in Korea. The other teams are always struggling for sponsors and to provide for their players. The well off Kespa run teams could easily run these teams out of town, poaching their players or buying them off, which would be a travesty. I think most people in the community will support this move and should be wary about Kespa's involvement in SC2. | ||
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Pelopidas
Canada225 Posts
On March 30 2012 13:46 FXOBoSs wrote: Hi guys, The point of this association is purely to show that we have done the hard yards as organisations in Korea and abroad to get sc2 to where it is now. It would be improper for an organisation such as Kespa to then say "join us or die". It also promotes the ability to run 2 leagues in Korea so that the players have more incentive to train hard. If there is no resistance or discussion between the two sides, there will be heavy schedule overlaps between proleague and GSL. It would also mean you would have to pick which side you wanted to be part of. It 'potentially' would mean an end to foreigners in korea as well. Which none of us want of course. I hope this helps. Regards FXOBoSs You know that Kespa isn't anti-foreigner right? They were very accomodating to the few who were good enough to get on Korean teams. Its just that foreigners weren't good enough to actually compete in Korea. Stop this bandwagon nonsense, you have no idea how good having a regulatory body like Kespa is for Brood War. Sure they make mistakes sometimes, but they fix them. I find it funny how people always sympathize with GOM over Kespa. GOM was a league funded by Blizzard so that they could try to take over the Brood War scene and switch to SC2 easily when the time came. | ||
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jubil
United States2602 Posts
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flowSthead
1065 Posts
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Synche
United States1345 Posts
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Torpedo.Vegas
United States1890 Posts
I really don't think KeSPA is in a place to call any shots atm. Perhaps in the past they could leverage massive sponsorship relationships and infrastructure, but sponsorship has become a bit of an issue and a number of recent bumps has kind of impacted their structure a bit. Outside Korea, they really have no leverage other than perhaps BW-fans who have respect for players and teams over the years, and inside Korea they are not in the prime so to speak. | ||
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ReturnStroke
United States801 Posts
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Regime
Australia185 Posts
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hunts
United States2113 Posts
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Fishriot
United States621 Posts
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Bagration
United States18282 Posts
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Integra
Sweden5626 Posts
On March 30 2012 14:49 Torpedo.Vegas wrote: Doesn't this boil down to how KeSPA plans to potentially integrate SC2 into its line-up. By that I mean, if they intend to function regardless of the last 2-ish years, I would think GOM and Blizz would continue to give them a hard time, or at least sort of quarantine thier efforts. Blizzard has a distinct idea of the global esport-type thing they want, so I would think even if KeSPA would be amazing for the Korean scene, if it rattles the work done thus far in foreignlandia, they would provide a resistance to it. I really don't think KeSPA is in a place to call any shots atm. Perhaps in the past they could leverage massive sponsorship relationships and infrastructure, but sponsorship has become a bit of an issue and a number of recent bumps has kind of impacted their structure a bit. Outside Korea, they really have no leverage other than perhaps BW-fans who have respect for players and teams over the years, and inside Korea they are not in the prime so to speak. KeSPA has no real leverage over Blizzard or SC2, period. Blizzard threatened to go to court and KeSPA folded once they understood that Blizzard were serious and instead of ignoring Blizzard they started to negotiate with Blizzard where KeSPA eventually accepted the terms that Blizzard gave them. Whatever power KeSPA might have had in SC1 is now gone. I suspect KeSPA can't do shit and has very little power about SC2 and that they now are scared shitless of Blizzard and what they would do if KeSPA did something that would displease them. | ||
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Nethermind
New Zealand445 Posts
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Mordanis
United States893 Posts
Edit: Regime, are you forgetting about mouz? | ||
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